{"id":161314,"date":"2025-11-03T23:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/161314\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:33:12","slug":"founder-of-popular-helene-modes-boutique-in-limerick-has-died-aged-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/161314\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder of popular Helene Modes boutique in Limerick has died aged 107."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6908e2c2e2701.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    via Live 95 picture library<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Birdie was understood to be Ireland&#8217;s fourth-oldest person.\n        <\/p>\n<p>The founder of the well-known Helene Modes fashion retailer has died at the age of 108.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1918, Birdie Skehan was a well-known face on Limerick&#8217;s retail scene since she established the Helene Modes brand with other family members in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>The business traded from the same site on Roches Street before opening a second outlet in the Crescent Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The popular boutique traded for over 60 years, eventually being run by the Cusack family before finally closing its doors in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Birdie Skehan was born in Co Clare, growing up in a farming family before setting up the business in Limerick city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understood that prior to her death this week, Birdie was the 4th oldest person in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Kilmore, Co. Clare, Birdie slipped away gently, in her 108th year, while in the tender care of the Ennis Road Care Facility yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her loving nieces Helma Lynam and Rhona Levingstone, niece-in-law Sheila Cusack, nephew-in-law Ernest, and extended family.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News via Live 95 picture library Birdie was understood to be Ireland&#8217;s fourth-oldest person. The founder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,19,17,3006,3009,3005,3008,3007,3010],"class_list":{"0":"post-161314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-limerick-radio","13":"tag-limerick-today","14":"tag-limericks-live95fm","15":"tag-live-95","16":"tag-live95fm","17":"tag-live95fm-homepage"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115488385223560116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}